Chego 727 N Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90012Dining date: 5/3/13 The street food-slinging Kogi food trucks are undoubtedly what chef Roy Choi is most known for, but Chego may be my favorite of his restaurants (I haven’t been to A-Frame yet though). Chego shares the same in-your-face, full-flavored approach as Kogi, but primarily in the form of [...]
It’s located inside Far East Plaza on Broadway (feelin’ artsy with the color tools) If you’ve walked or biked around Chinatown lately, you know that except for a few art galleries, almost everything looks about the same as it did when your parents first took you for dim sum in the ’70s, ’80s or ’90s. [...]
Food writer Michael Pollan turns his attention to cooking in his latest book Cooked. Plus, a snapshot of the competitors and exotic poultry at a chicken show.
Corazon Y Miel Jonathan Gold returns to the last millenium by invoking El Parian in his latest “best of” Mexican list. Anachronistic birria is superbly apropos as Forever 21 seems to be stocking nothing but sporting neons on its shelves this month. We’re simply not able to find more positive words for the aging El [...]
People drive long distances to taste exceptional wines—why not for olives? For more than a hundred years, Graber Olive House has been producing tree-ripened olives in Ontario, San Bernardino County, 35 miles east of downtown LA. Turns out the historic ranch house and canning plant are still operational, and visitors can take a tour of [...]
Happy Kentucky Derby! This is the place where I’m now supposed to tell you that today would be a great day to go out and drink a julep in celebration of a horse race in Kentucky you barely care … Continue reading “Happy Kentucky Derby! Death to Mint Juleps! ” > Read the full post [...]
Seafood has been a large part of David LeFevre’s life, beginning with childhood summers in Virginia to his repertoire as a chef at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and Water Grill in downtown L.A. I… Continue reading “Now Open: David LeFebvre’s Fishing With Dynamite in Manhattan Beach” > Read the full post on Squid Ink
Codney Another notable chef-shuffle in Beverly Hills follows news of Alex Stratta’s unexpected departure at Scarpetta this week. David Codney is stepping into the shoes of James Overbaugh as executive chef at The Peninsula Hotel, while Overbaugh assumes a management position in the property’s F&B department. An Ohio native, Codney came to this 90210 kitchen [...]
The way to judge a great paella is by the quality of its rice, J.L. says on Chowhound. If it’s moist or soggy, it’s a fail. Ideally it needs socarrat, that caramelized, golden-brown layer of crunchy rice that develops on the bottom of the pan in properly cooked paella, something that takes time to form. [...]
“Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.” This Sunday, May 5, Cochon 555 comes back to L.A. to team five celebrated restaurants with five heritage pigs, pushing their chefs to cook a short menu of nose-to-tail dishes for both a people’s choice and judge’s prize that will lead them to the [...]
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